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this week martha washington to angelica van buren. "first ladies," weeknights all this month starting tonight at 9 p.m. eastern on c-span. and during tonight's program on martha washington, join in the conversation with historian and author patricia brady at facebook.com/c-span. >> the afl-cio and economic policy institute recently hosted a forum on immigration reform efforts in congress. speakers included republican senator john mccain who was a member of the gang of eight who helped craft the senate's immigration bill as well as democratic congressman javier becerra from california. the hour, ten minute event took place at the afl-cio headquarters in washington d.c. >> good morning, everyone. i would like to invite -- [laughter] good morning, everyone. >> morning! >> i would like to invite everybody to, please, take a deep breath with me. america. we immediate to talk -- we need to talk. and we need to stand, because we believe this is the year, the year that the dreams of my parents will be realized and the dreams of millions who c
this week martha washington to angelica van buren. "first ladies," weeknights all this month starting tonight at 9 p.m. eastern on c-span. and during tonight's program on martha washington, join in the conversation with historian and author patricia brady at facebook.com/c-span. >> the afl-cio and economic policy institute recently hosted a forum on immigration reform efforts in congress. speakers included republican senator john mccain who was a member of the gang of eight who...
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this week martha washington to angelica van buren. first ladies weeknights all this month starting tonight at 9 p.m. eastern on c-span. and during tonight's program on martha washington, join in the conversation with historian and author patricia brady at facebook.com/c-span. >> senators dick durbin and tom harkin recently hosted a forum at a middle school in ames, iowa. it features dreamers, children brought to the u.s. illegally. friday's town hall meeting took place in the district of republican congressman steve king who faces criticism for his comment against immigration legislation. cosponsored by senator dick durbin with. this is about an hour, 15 minutes. [applause] [applause] [background sounds] >> thank you all very much -- [inaudible] we'll move along here. thanks to all for being here for this extremely important topic and one that -- [inaudible] i appreciate the applause which is for my good friend, dick durbin, senator durbin. [applause] [inaudible] >> it was 12 years ago when we first started on the dream act, so, senat
this week martha washington to angelica van buren. first ladies weeknights all this month starting tonight at 9 p.m. eastern on c-span. and during tonight's program on martha washington, join in the conversation with historian and author patricia brady at facebook.com/c-span. >> senators dick durbin and tom harkin recently hosted a forum at a middle school in ames, iowa. it features dreamers, children brought to the u.s. illegally. friday's town hall meeting took place in the district of...
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my question is for martha. so when the administration released specific data on the head start cuts, very helpful, got a lot of press, very concrete from the obviously reliable source. to uc similar data coming out about the impact of sequester on other programs? i know not every program works the same way. sometimes the date is harder to get, but that would obviously be very helpful because that does generate a lot of the press which helps the grassroots. >> one of the unique things about head start, federal to local. the office does something that's extremely helpful to program management as well as public awareness raising which is to ask a few months ago to specifically update their plans and say exactly what they were doing so we could say how many children will be affected. there aren't that many situations like that across government. that being said, we know a lot about what's going on. we know state-by-state with the percentage reduction has been in unemployment benefits. we know how many title $1 flow
my question is for martha. so when the administration released specific data on the head start cuts, very helpful, got a lot of press, very concrete from the obviously reliable source. to uc similar data coming out about the impact of sequester on other programs? i know not every program works the same way. sometimes the date is harder to get, but that would obviously be very helpful because that does generate a lot of the press which helps the grassroots. >> one of the unique things...
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i wonder what it was about the martha left you -- martha left you moved -- martha left you moved? >> first place, coming out of birmingham we didn't think much of the march. we thought the movement was in the streets, and we'd had 5,000 students take over the city, we collapsed the economy, we got an agreement from a hundred businessmen to change the segregation laws of birmingham, and we figured the fight was over for us. this was, this was a sunday school picnic. the students in birmingham who got out of jail wanted to do a march on washington like gandhi sought march to the sea. and they wanted to get out on highway 11 and just start marching, taking it town by town. and it was a. phillip randolph that appealed to dr. king and sent bayard rustin down to try to talk a little sense into us. we were what you used to call back then freedom high. [laughter] and bay yard made sense, but there was nobody in birmingham that was particularly enenthusiastic about the march on washington. james bevel, who i think was probably the main ideologies behind the march, wouldn't even come. i was
i wonder what it was about the martha left you -- martha left you moved -- martha left you moved? >> first place, coming out of birmingham we didn't think much of the march. we thought the movement was in the streets, and we'd had 5,000 students take over the city, we collapsed the economy, we got an agreement from a hundred businessmen to change the segregation laws of birmingham, and we figured the fight was over for us. this was, this was a sunday school picnic. the students in...
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he spoke from where he's vacationing in martha's vineyard. here is part of the remarks. >>> that's why we are so concerned by recent events. we appreciate the complexity of the situation. mohammed morsi was elected president in a democratic lek, his government was not inclusive, and it not respect the view of all jinxes. we know that many egyptiansing with millions of egyptians, perhaps even a majority of egyptians were calling far change in course. while we conot believe that force is the way to resolve political differences, after the military's intervention several weeks ago, there remain a chance for reconciliation and an opportunity pursue a democratic path. instead we have seen a more dangerous path taken through arbitrary arrests, a broad crackdown on mr. morsi's associations, and supporters and now tragically violence in sake of the lives of hundreds of people and wounded thousand more. the united states strongly condemns the steps that have been taken by egypt's interim government and security forces. we deplore violence against civi
he spoke from where he's vacationing in martha's vineyard. here is part of the remarks. >>> that's why we are so concerned by recent events. we appreciate the complexity of the situation. mohammed morsi was elected president in a democratic lek, his government was not inclusive, and it not respect the view of all jinxes. we know that many egyptiansing with millions of egyptians, perhaps even a majority of egyptians were calling far change in course. while we conot believe that force is...
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we went by martha william's house today. it's no longer there, but she was an 86-year-old widow of an arizona sharecropper living with her son in a sagging house. don't feel sorry for me, williams said, this is a shack, but it's my shack, god gave it to me. i ain't got nobody coming to me saying you owe me rent. i sleep as long as i want to and get up when i'm ready, and when the beautiful wind gets to blowing, i can flap my wings when i want to flap them. i sleep easy at night, right here in my little run down shack by the highway. it may not be your dream, but it's mine. now you can just turn around and leave us alone. >> the history of homicide in the united states in this next interview from columbus, ohio. >> the homicide rates since, really, world war ii, correlated best with the answer to this question, do you trust the government to do the right thing most of the time, and do you believe public officials are mostly honest? when we answer "yes" toe questions like the early 50s and 60s, we don't kill each other, and wh
we went by martha william's house today. it's no longer there, but she was an 86-year-old widow of an arizona sharecropper living with her son in a sagging house. don't feel sorry for me, williams said, this is a shack, but it's my shack, god gave it to me. i ain't got nobody coming to me saying you owe me rent. i sleep as long as i want to and get up when i'm ready, and when the beautiful wind gets to blowing, i can flap my wings when i want to flap them. i sleep easy at night, right here in...
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>> before going to martha's vineyard, an interesting column about marijuana. [inaudible] wondering if the white house has any reaction to that column? and also, if the president has been personally looking at that issue, given that the polls on marijuana have changed quite a bit since he took office in favor of legalization. is there any change, his outlook on a? >> steve, when i called on you i don't think i ever could've predicted that this was the question you're going to ask. [laughter] that was really in the potpourri category of questions but i have to confess i did not see the column you are referring to so it's hard for me to comment on it at this point. peter? >> the egyptian prime minister said he doesn't fear civil war. does the president year civil war in egypt? >> the president is very concerned about the violence that we've seen in egypt, and seems to be particularly the violence that is emanating from government sources, from government soldiers and government security officials. that is something the president is very concerned about, and he ta
>> before going to martha's vineyard, an interesting column about marijuana. [inaudible] wondering if the white house has any reaction to that column? and also, if the president has been personally looking at that issue, given that the polls on marijuana have changed quite a bit since he took office in favor of legalization. is there any change, his outlook on a? >> steve, when i called on you i don't think i ever could've predicted that this was the question you're going to ask....
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. >> hi reef joel with communication funding and my question is for martha. when the administration release the specific date on the head start it's got a lot of press very concrete from a reliable source. do you see similar data coming out about the impact on other programs? i know that not every program works as same way and sometimes the data is harder to get at that would be very helpful because that would generate a lot of the press. >> you are right. one of the unique things about head start is a federal to local grantee and the office of head start did something that was extremely helpful to program management as well as public awareness raising which is a few months ago the grantees updated their plans to say exactly what they were doing so we could say how many children would be affected. that's somewhat unique. that being said we do know a lot about what's going on and venus tape i state the reduction in unemployment benefits. we know how many title i $ have been pulled out of the state and those are dollars that flow through the school district and
. >> hi reef joel with communication funding and my question is for martha. when the administration release the specific date on the head start it's got a lot of press very concrete from a reliable source. do you see similar data coming out about the impact on other programs? i know that not every program works as same way and sometimes the data is harder to get at that would be very helpful because that would generate a lot of the press. >> you are right. one of the unique things...
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and, in fact, i want to just reflect that, you know, about 16 days after the martha we're all here to talk about, bobby kennedy actually came to the national congress of american indians, a little known fact, probably, in this room. [laughter] that's why i wanted to use this moment to tell it to you. and he made a statement that said he noted the ironny that native people have been denied equal opportunity in the greatest free country in the world. and then he quoted chief joseph of the necessary pierce tribe who said, made the statement in 1877, and he said whenever the white man treats the indian as he treats his own kind, then we will have no more wars. and i actually think that statement, although we probably wouldn't use those same words today, is the thought behind it is reality. the harsh reality that from access to equal education to financial services to affordable housing, um, all of those things create real barriers to our economic abilities of our communities today. so today we're going to join by the right panel of the right folks here with bill and mark lopez and lisa, w
and, in fact, i want to just reflect that, you know, about 16 days after the martha we're all here to talk about, bobby kennedy actually came to the national congress of american indians, a little known fact, probably, in this room. [laughter] that's why i wanted to use this moment to tell it to you. and he made a statement that said he noted the ironny that native people have been denied equal opportunity in the greatest free country in the world. and then he quoted chief joseph of the...
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morning where president obama and the first family returned last night after their nine-day vacation to martha's vineyard. the president will be meeting with a group of financial regulators later today including fed chair ben bernanke. they'll be discussing the ongoing implementation of the dodd-frank financial overhaul. and josh earnest will brief reporters set for air on c-span. suspected militants killed 24 police in an ambush in northern sinai, and egyptian officials also are indicating former president hosni mubarak could be freed this week. questions likely will come up during today's white house briefing, news also that european union foreign ministers will hold an emergency meeting this week to forge a joint response to the recent violence in egypt that has killed nearly 1,000 people. a european committee official said diplomats agreed that meeting would be held wednesday in brussels. well, here on -- >> we're standing inside hard scrabble which is a two-story log cabin in 1856. julia in her memoirs lets us know that she does not like it one bit. she's found it crude and homely. but true
morning where president obama and the first family returned last night after their nine-day vacation to martha's vineyard. the president will be meeting with a group of financial regulators later today including fed chair ben bernanke. they'll be discussing the ongoing implementation of the dodd-frank financial overhaul. and josh earnest will brief reporters set for air on c-span. suspected militants killed 24 police in an ambush in northern sinai, and egyptian officials also are indicating...
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the president is speaking from martha's vineyard where he and his family have been vacationing. again lie of at 10:15 eastern on c-span. tonight on the town hall we are asking who do you think this represents the future we will get established and up-and-coming political figures and ask republicans, democrats and third party supporters to call in and tell us who they are watching and looking to lead their party in the next presidential election and beyond. here is a preview. >> starting in 2013, this year, there are two gubernatorial races in the united states. there's new jersey where chris christie is clinging on to the 30-point lead over his democratic opponent. >> i think that he outweighs the area. [laughter] >> outweighs most. let's be clear. but he's going to win. i am a new jerseyian. there are some who are not enamored of him. come to new jersey and when you spend some time in new jersey i think you might understand that regardless of what you think of him on a more national stage, he is exactly what the state of new jersey has needed. he has been the best thing that ha
the president is speaking from martha's vineyard where he and his family have been vacationing. again lie of at 10:15 eastern on c-span. tonight on the town hall we are asking who do you think this represents the future we will get established and up-and-coming political figures and ask republicans, democrats and third party supporters to call in and tell us who they are watching and looking to lead their party in the next presidential election and beyond. here is a preview. >> starting...
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deputy prez secretary read a statement today at the briefing in martha's vineyard where president obama is vacationing. >> the united states strongly condemns the use of violence against protesters in egypt. we extend our condolences to the family of those who have been killed and injured. we repeatedly called on the egyptian military and security forces to show the strength. and the government respect the universal right of the citizens as we urge protesters to demonstrate peacefully. violence will only make it more difficult to move egypt forward on a lasting stability and democracy. and run the directly counter to the pledges by the interim government to pursue reconciliation. we also strongly oppose a return to a state of emergency law, and call on the government to respect basic human rights such as freedom of peaceful assembly, and due process under the law. the world is watching what is happening in cairo. we urge the government of egypt and of all parties in egypt to refrain from violence and resolve their differences peacefully. .. there is probably 13 to 15 major laws that hav
deputy prez secretary read a statement today at the briefing in martha's vineyard where president obama is vacationing. >> the united states strongly condemns the use of violence against protesters in egypt. we extend our condolences to the family of those who have been killed and injured. we repeatedly called on the egyptian military and security forces to show the strength. and the government respect the universal right of the citizens as we urge protesters to demonstrate peacefully....
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the president on vacation in martha's vineyard. from boston the republican national committee a short while ago approving a resolution blocking to tv networks from hosting the republican presidential primary debate. the vote affirms the chairman is threat against cnn and nbc unless the networks dropped their plans to air programs about possible democratic presidential contender hillary clinton. the vote at the summer committee meeting in boston was unanimous. and part of the statement that the rnc part of that resolution read the rnc shall, quote, endeavor >>> we were right in my view to fully fund the military since 9/11 but what we did is we deprived the state department and the u.s. agency of international development of funds. and there is other results. an enormous gap between the size and power of the pentagon and the size and power of the state department are illustrated with little like samples from bob gates, who was an outstanding defense for president bush and obama. he gave a brilliant speech years ago. secretary gates,
the president on vacation in martha's vineyard. from boston the republican national committee a short while ago approving a resolution blocking to tv networks from hosting the republican presidential primary debate. the vote affirms the chairman is threat against cnn and nbc unless the networks dropped their plans to air programs about possible democratic presidential contender hillary clinton. the vote at the summer committee meeting in boston was unanimous. and part of the statement that the...
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. >> be well, i'd like to just thank you so very much -- [inaudible] with the martha went on before and raising questions that project us toward a future. i'd like to just make a comment about several things that you have mentioned. you talk about the collect i use of -- collective use of resources. prior to us pursuing the dream, there were black -- [inaudible] the insurance companies in particular that supported home ownership, invested money into the community. i grew up in a segregated south community where booker t. washington -- [inaudible] sitting on the steps -- this was before i was born be, i'm not quite that old. [laughter] but people from tuskegee came in to educate the black community because people couldn't go to school. black people -- [inaudible] in that part of arkansas, but after 1960 and we saw the dream, the insurance companies went out of business as we got a piece of the rock. now, i don't want to preach, but your point about our psychology, and the gentleman last night talked about less information. when you went to a is segregated black school and you mentioned t
. >> be well, i'd like to just thank you so very much -- [inaudible] with the martha went on before and raising questions that project us toward a future. i'd like to just make a comment about several things that you have mentioned. you talk about the collect i use of -- collective use of resources. prior to us pursuing the dream, there were black -- [inaudible] the insurance companies in particular that supported home ownership, invested money into the community. i grew up in a...